deconstruct
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/ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkt/
🇬🇧
/ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkt/
verb
R
To examine something closely to understand its meaning or structure, especially by breaking it down into its individual parts.
In class, they deconstructed the poem to understand its deeper meanings.
R
To take something apart and reassemble it in a new way.
The artist deconstructed the painting by removing parts and rearranging them.
translation
To examine something closely to understand its meaning or structure, especially by breaking it down into its individual parts.; To take something apart and reassemble it in a new way.
Word Forms
3rd Present
deconstructs
Past
deconstructed
Perfect
deconstructed
Progressive
deconstructing